Band-cutter and feeder



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B'AND GUTTER' Ann FEEDER.

(Applieation Bled Apr. 18, 1898.)

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No. 625,0lo.

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BAND GUTTER AND FEEDER.

(Appliction led Apr'. 18, 1893.)

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J. H. YOUNG. BAND CUTTER AND FEEDER.

Patented May I6, |899.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HENRY YOUNG, OF KINGSBURY,INDIANA.

BAN D-CUTTl-:R AND FEED-ER.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,010, dated May 16,1899. Application filed Aprilfl, 1898. Serial No. 678,011. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY YOUNG, a

citizen ofthe United States, residing at Kingsers; and Ido declare thefollowing to be a.

full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The invention has relation to an improved band cutter and feeder forthreshing machines; and the object is to improve the construction shownin Letters Patent No. 582,712, granted to me on May 18, 1897 wherebyafter the tie of the bundle is severed and the bundle spread in an evenmass this mass will be conducted direct tothethreshing-cylinder in asmootheven layer.

' Vith this object in View the invention convsists in certain featuresof construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafterfully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved band-cutter and feeder, looking from the rear toward theforward end thereof. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view showing the upper and lower couveyer of the cylinder-feedin operative position. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the upperconveyer of the cylinder-feed elevated and the lower conveyer of thecylinder-feed swung down and back in order to repair or clean the partsas well as to make room for the repair of the threshing-cylinder. Fig. 5is a longitudinal sectional view through the crank-pin and the universalcoupling. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view through the journal-box ofthe cutter-shaft. Fig. 7 is a detailperspective Fig. 8 is a similar viewof one of the saddle-boxes. Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view takenthrough the rear end of the'machine, the divide-board, and feed-boards.Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of one of the roller-su pportin gbars. Fig. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 12 is a detailperspective view of one of the bars that support the lower conveyer ofthe cylinder-feed, and Fig. 13 is a detail perspective view of one ofthe slats of the lower conveyer of the cylinder-feed.

adapted to travel around said rollers and feed the grain from theforward to the rear end of` the machine.

8 denotes a roller journaled to the extreme projecting slightly abovethe upper edge of the end piece 3. This roller serves to prevent thebundle hanging or rubbing against the upper edge of the end piece 3, andthus materially assists in the feeding of the bundle to the conveyer.

9 denotes the divide-board, the rearend of which is connected tostandards 10, that fit in brackets on the outside of the side pieces ofthe frame, and the forward end of which has a post secured to it andfits in a bracket secured to the end piece 3 of the frame.

11 denotes the cutter-shaft, provided with disk cutters 12. This shaftis journaledin boxes 13, secured to posts' 14, and these boxesl are madeadjustable by the bolts 15, so as to raise or lower the edges of thecutting-disks with respect to the bottom of the frame. This shaft has aiiy-wheel 16 on one end and a band-pulley 17l on the other end.

18 denotes guide-wings, which are secured to the side pieces andextendforwardly and outwardly around the standards that support the rear endof the divide-board, thus serving to prevent the grain fed over theinclined feed-tables 19 from hanging or straddling the said standardsinits progress along the bottom of the machine.

20 denotes guide-rods secured to the side pieces of the frame abovetheir upper edges, and 21 denotes rake-heads having a lateral slidingengagement on said rods at right ane gles to the path of movement of themain con veyer. These heads are provided with tines that projectdownwardlyto a point slightly forward end between the side pieces andabove the main conveyer and serve to spread the grain after the band hasbeen-severed by the cutters in anl even mass across the bottom of themachine.

22 denotes bell-crank levers connected to posts 23 and 24, and 25 and 26denote links connecting the rake-heads to one of the arms of each of thebell-crank levers. 27 denotes a link connecting the other arms of thebellcrank levers, and 28 denotes a pitman connecting one of the arms ofthe bell-crank lever with the wrist-pin 29 in the crank-wheel- 30,secured to one end vof a iiy-shaft 3l, having at its opposite end a'Hy-wheel 32. This crank-wheel is provided in its face with apertures33, arranged at different points from the axis of the wheel, whereby thewrist-pin may be adjusted so as to vary the amount of throw of thepitman. The pitman has a universal connection with the wrist-pin by acoupling 34, which receives a ball 35 of the wrist-pin and forms aball-and-socket joint. The'extreme outer end of the wrist-pin ispreferably squared, so as to permit of its being removed from thecrank-wheel by a wrench, the other end of the pin being screw-threadedto engage the screw-threaded holes in the crank-wheel. One end of therear roller that supports the main conveyer is extended and is providedwith a d rive-pulley 36, which may be geared with any movable part ofthe threshing-machine. 37 denotes a pulley fixed to said shaft andconnected with a pulley on the end of the cutter-shaft by a crossed belt38 and `by which the cutter-disks are rotated. Depending from the rearends of the side pieces of the frame are wings or extensions 39, betweenwhich are journaled rollers 40, thatsupport the endless conveyer 41,which is the lower conveyer of the cylinder-feed. This conveyer-il isprovided with slats 42, .having on their forward edges metallic strips43, the upper edges of which project slightly above the 4upper surfacesof the slats, and are preferably formed with saw-teeth 44. These rollers40 are journaled between the downwardly-depending wings in a novelmanner, which I will now proceed to describe.

45 denotes a bar having at its rear end apertures, in which are fittedjournals 50 of the rear roller, and having at its forward end apertures5l, in which are fitted journals 52 of the forward roller.

53 denotes a lever having intermediate its endsan aperture 54, in whichare fitted journals of the forward roller, and having its forwardend-pivoted to astud 55 and held in place bya nut 56.

57 denotes an inclined slot formed on the lower edge of the wings andterminating iu an oblique bearing-slot 58.

59 denotes a set-screw that works through ahole 60 in the rear end ofthe pivotedlever and into a hole 6l in the bar. When it is desired tolower or swing the conveyer down for any purpose, these screws areremoved and the outer ends of the lever swung downward.

This movement will draw the axis of the rear roller of the conveyerforwardly to disengage it from its bearing-slot and allow it to dropfrom the inclined slot, as shown in the drawings. In elevating the belton the conveyer into position the axis of the roller is raised up intothe inclined slot, and when it comes opposite the bearing-slot the rearend of the lever is elevated, thus causing the bar to be forcedlongitudinally, and thereby moving the axis of the roller into thebearing-slots in the wings. The screws are now screwed home, and therollers of the lower conveyer of the cylinder-feed are securely held inposition.

62 denotes a pan arranged below the lower conveyer of the cylinder-feed.The forward end of this pan is pivoted upon a rod 62', and the rear endis provided with a board 63, that is adapted to project under the edgeof the feed-table 64 of the threshing-machine and abut against ashoulder 65. This pan is held in this position by a removable rod 66,fitted in eyes 67, secured to the under edges of the win gs. 68 denotesslot-coverers that are adapted to cover the inclined slots formed insaid win gs. Thesecoverers have laterally-projecting arms 69, formedwith slots 70, and bolts 7l are employed for vadjusting these coverersto the sides of the wings opposite the slots.

72 denotes the upperconveyer of the cylinder-feed. This conveyer'consists of the endless belts 73, connected together by slats 74.

75 denotes bars secured to the side pieces of the frame,and are providedat their lower ends with segmental slots 76 and at their upper ends withadjustable boxes 77. The boxes 77 support a shaft 7S, provided withrollers 7 9, around which the belts pass, and the curved slots receivethe journals 8O of a roller 8l, around which the belt also passes. Thejonrnals4 80 of the rollers Sl have removable saddie-boxes Sl',connected by coiled springs S2 to the wings of theframes. These springstend to draw the rear end of the upper conveyer downward and hold it incontact with the grain.

The shaft 7S is provided with a sprocketwheel 83, that is geared withthe sprocketchain 84', and a chain-tightener 84 is arrangedv below thesprocket-wheel and is journaled by a stud secured to anadjustable-bracket 85. This bracket may be shifted and held in adj ustedposition by a set-screw 86, so that the chain may at all times beadjusted to compensate for wear.

87 denotes a sprocket-wheel on the end of the roller 8, and 88 denotes asimilar sprocketwheel on the end of the roller 6. A chain 89 connectsthese two sprockets and imparts the motion of the roller 6 to the roller8.

The direction of movement of the revolving parts of the machine isindicated by the several arrows, and a detail description of theoperation, it is thought, will not be necessary.

In operation the bundles of grain are fed to the forward end of the mainconveyer over the end piece 3 and the roller 8, which serves IOO IIO

to assist in holding the bundle onto the conveyer. As the bundle isdrawn rearward by the conveyer its band is severed by the rotary knives,and the grain in this condition is then presented to the rake-times,which, moving transversely across the path of travel of the conveyer,evenly spread and distribute the grain upon said conveyer. In thiscondition the grain is delivered to the conveyers constituting thethresher-feed, andin order to conduct the grain direct to the cylinderin its spread condition is the object of this cylinder-feed. The grainfalls upon the lower conveyer and is fed between the diverging rear endsof said conveyers direct to the mouth of the threshing-cylinder. Theupper conveyer of the cylinder-feed, owing to its spring action,willprevent the clogging of the grain and the consequent stopping of themachine.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what ceive the journals of theforward roller of the lower conveyer, a bar having at its forward endbearing apertures to receive said journals, and having at its rear endbearing-apertures to receive the journals of the rear roller of saidlower conveyer, and means for locking the bar to the lever,substantially as set forth;

2. In a band-cutter and feeder, the combination with the main framehaving at its rear end two depending` wings provided with slotsprojecting upward from their lower edge and terminating in bearing-slotsarranged at an angle to the first-named slots, a lever having one endpivoted to stud-shafts and having interlnediate its endsbearing-apertures to re-

